Coastal Altimetry

Coastal Altimetry: Selected Case Studies from Asian Shelf Seas provides key information on developments over the past ten years in processing of remotely sensed altimetry in coastal areas, with an overview of expected errors and where they stem from, along with remaining gaps in the coastal altimetric processing. Challenges covered in the book include (but are not limited to) the retracking of the altimetric signal to account for land contamination, tropospheric water corrections, and tidal model improvements with an assessment of the relative pros and cons of each of the most widely available products. Additional chapters provide an overview of recent research in the regional seas of Asia and cover such topics as variability, dynamics, predictability and prediction, impacts of extreme events, effects to ecosystems, fisheries, and carbon cycle, along with perspectives on the interplay of sea level and climate change.Recent research the has improved our understanding of connections in the Asian marginal seas, such as Indonesia and the Philippines are covered throughout Coastal Altimetry: Selected Case Studies from Asian Shelf Seas. Remotely sensed coastal altimetry offers readers a data set that can illuminate our understanding of the propagation of planetary boundary waves that have a significant sea level signal in the near coastal region. As such, researchers and students who have a foundation in satellite altimetry and want to know the latest development of open ocean and coastal satellite altimetry, especially in Asian coastal regions will benefit from this book. Presents the advancement of coastal altimetry technologies from various dedicated experts Case studies are included throughout to give real life examples that can be implemented globally Each chapter provides a summary of key points from the chapter with an outlook to the future